(November 26, 2017 at 6:35 am)Starhunter Wrote:(November 26, 2017 at 6:15 am)pocaracas Wrote: Isn't Sunday the special day for Christians?
In Portuguese, the week days are named in your way...
Start with Sunday, Domingo... From Latin Dominus, day of the Lord.
Monday is Segunda feira, or second fair.
Tuesday is Terça feira, os third fair.
Wednesday is Quarta feira, or fourth fair.
Thursday is Quinta feira, ou fifth fair.
Friday is Sexta feira, oh sixth fair.
Saturday is Sábado, which would clearly be the seventh fair, but is a rest day.
That's about right, the 7th day is called "Sabado" or Shabbat, Sabbath etc in many different languages. Sunday, or the venerable day of the Sun god was adopted by the world church, or Catholic church, and has remained in place ever since. The Christian world kept the 7th day, until Sunday became compulsory by the end of the fourth century.
It was initially a political move by the Roman emperor, who became the Bishop of Rome, to get the votes of both the Pagan and Christian majorities.
So... what else is there to those SDAs, besides celebrating stuff on Saturday instead of Sunday?
